MODERATE in a Sentence

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He is of moderate octavo size, varying from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, and of corresponding dimensions round the waist.

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 Meanings and Examples of MODERATE
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moderate
 a.  temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
Classic Sentence: (60 in 5 pages)
1  Some years ago he loved a young Russian lady of moderate fortune, and having amassed a considerable sum in prize-money, the father of the girl consented to the match.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
2  As moderate as those of the rest of the world, I believe.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
3  "And yet two thousand a-year is a very moderate income," said Marianne.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
4  On a moderate computation, it was many months, that Sunday, since I had left Joe and Biddy.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
5  Terms moderate, and could be taken for a month only, if required.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23. I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSI...
6  Reminding him of the fact, that Mr. Peggotty derived a steady, though certainly a very moderate income from the bequest of his late brother-in-law, I promised to do so.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
7  The success of the operation appears to be but moderate.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
8  They lived soberly, always having a little fire, but like people in very moderate circumstances.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT
9  From the great danger thus incurred they derived but a very moderate amount of pleasure.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS
10  You see that I put not a little water in my wine; I'm very moderate.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
11  As for Grantaire, he had got beyond wine, that merely moderate inspirer of dreams, ever since mid-day.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES
12  Twenty-five millions is the most moderate approximative figure which the valuations of special science have set upon it.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
13  The civilian population had either to do without or buy at the speculators' prices, and the poor and those in moderate circumstances were suffering increasing hardships.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  He is of moderate octavo size, varying from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, and of corresponding dimensions round the waist.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
15  As the subtle Huron was familiar with the paths, and well knew there was no immediate danger of pursuit, their progress had been moderate, and far from fatiguing.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet.
2  Even moderate amounts of the drug can be fatal.
3  Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame.
4  If you have great talents, industry will improve them;if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
5  She should moderate her language when children are present.
6  Gilmore had to perform the difficult balancing act of attracting moderate voters without losing his conservative base.
7  The chops should be cooked over moderate heat to prevent excessive charring.
8  The team enjoyed only moderate success last season.
9  He has a room of moderate size.
10  The threat of employment persuades workers to moderate their pay demands.
11  Mr. Berlusconi's alliance of moderate and right-wing parties has an absolute majority in the Senate.
12  The bilious is indicated by a thin, spare face, dark skin, black hair, firm flesh, moderate stoutness, with rough, harsh, and strongly marked features.
13  She was chosen to moderate the convention.
14  His moderate Democratic Party lacks an outright majority, and coalition partners remain resistant to change.
15  Although the Russian state owns the largest share in the consortium - 24 percent - its influence will be moderated by the energy companies whose oil will actually be pumped along the pipeline.